Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health Nursing
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm)
- Job ref
- 110-NMR235-0525
- Employer
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ty Llidiard, Princess of Wales Hospital
- Town
- Bridgend
- Salary
- £46,840 - £53,602 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Ward Manager
Band 7
We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.
Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.
We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.
This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Ward Manager to work as part of our dedicated team within Ty-Llidiard.
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated, innovative and enthusiastic, who can demonstrate an eagerness for the ongoing development of the service.
Ty-Llidiard is a 15 bedded unit, consisting of a general ward and an extra care area. It caters for young people aged 12-18 who require assessment and treatment for serious mental illness.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have experience of working in a Tier 4 CAMHS inpatient setting and will demonstrate and lead dynamic and innovative practice.
The service strives to provide high quality inpatient mental health care and the post holder would be expected to demonstrate leadership and resilience in the face of day to day clinical, managerial and professional demands of the role whilst working as part of a large MDT and at a multi-agency level with community stakeholders.
The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate they have the skills, knowledge and experience to provide clinical leadership and operational management of the service.
Working for our organisation
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Relevant degree level qualification plus a range of clinical experience and specialist knowledge within the relevant area of practice eg. Child and adolescent mental health.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of managing people and ability to lead a team of staff
- Evidence of achievement in clinical practice within the area of speciality
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca James
- Job title
- Senior Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01656 674951
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